Born: July 28, 1943Basketball F 2-time All-America at Princeton; Player of the Year and Final 4 MOP in 1965; captain of gold medal-winning 1964 U.S. Olympic team; Sullivan Award winner (1965); led…
Born: Apr. 17, 1820Baseball engineer and draftsman who spread gospel of baseball from New York City to California gold fields; widely regarded as the father of modern game; his guidelines included…
Born: July 12, 1962Mexican boxer world jr. welterweight champ (1989-94); also held titles as jr. lightweight (1984-87) and lightweight (1987-89); won over 100 bouts; 90-bout unbeaten streak ended 1…
Born: Oct. 22, 1907Baseball 1B led AL in HRs 4 times and batting twice; won Triple Crown in 1933; 3-time MVP (1932-33,38) with Philadelphia and Boston; hit 30 HRs or more 12 years in a row; 534…
Born: July 26, 1956Figure skater won Olympic gold medal and world championship in 1976; Ice Capades headliner from 1977-84; bought the financially-strapped Ice Capades in 1993 and sold it several…
Born: July 31, 1954Volleyball 3-time All-America spiker at Houston and captain of 1984 U.S. Women's Olympic team; died of aortic dissection caused by Marfan Syndrome during a match in Japan in 1986…
Dog Days of SummerThe origins of the name for the most sultry days of the season Source: Columbia Encyclopedia Dog Days is the name for the most sultry period of summer, from about July 3…
Senate Years of Service: 1827-41; 1845-1850Party: Adams; Anti-Jacksonian; WhigWEBSTER, Daniel, a Representative from New Hampshire and a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born…
The Civil War Apart from the matter of slavery, the Civil War arose out of both the economic and political rivalry between an agrarian South and an industrial North and the issue of the right of…
69th Baseball All-Star GameBy John Gettings This Tuesday night the stars of Major League Baseball will gather in Denver's Coors Field for the sport's traditional match-up of the American League'…
